Abstract: Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and
other material consists of 58,093 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies,
black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums; and 17 boxes of office
records, 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential
and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists,
builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them
the magazine
House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are
photographs taken by other individuals, such as architect Cliff May and Parker's assistant,
Charles Yerkes.

Maynard L. Parker (1900-1976), known sometimes as "Mike," was born and raised in Vermont.
Parker worked in New England at a variety of jobs, including office boy, machinist, and
gardener, before turning to photography as a profession. Parker traveled to California three
times in the 1920s, finally settling in Los Angeles in 1929. He and his wife, Annie, lived in
the Echo Park neighborhood, where Parker built a house on Lemoyne Street designed by a draftsman
in architect Richard Neutra's office. The New England saltbox-style house served as residence
and studio, as well as the backdrop for many of Parker's published photographs. Parker's
personal interests included archery, home renovation, and building furniture. [See photocopies
of Maynard and Annie Parker's journals, and interview transcript with Ann Carawan and Diane
Parker, February 14, 2008, in collection files].

Parker taught himself photography in the 1920s, achieving success in the amateur photography
contests in which he participated. In 1927 he was hired as a bookkeeper for the Mott Studios of
Photography, a firm specializing in architectural photography. By 1930 he was employed as a
full-time professional photographer for Mott Studios. In 1936, he was a photographer for Skinner
Photo Arts, another Los Angeles studio. Parker received his first major private commission in
1938, photographing the Sunset Boulevard store of jeweler Paul Flato, which allowed Parker to
hone his considerable skills in dramatic lighting and creative set-ups. By 1940, Parker had come
to the attention of Elizabeth Gordon. She became editor of
House
Beautiful
in 1941, and thus began an affiliation between the two that lasted until 1964,
when Gordon left the magazine. Parker also came to know a number of architects, designers, and
builders, both through his relationship with
House Beautiful and
his other commercial work.

Parker established Maynard L. Parker Fine Photographs in 1938, changing the name to Maynard L.
Parker Modern Photography in 1940. While Parker utilized family and a few assistants to help
manage the business, he generally worked alone on assignments. Using an antique 4x5-inch camera
and a complicated lighting system, he achieved dramatic effects. He often used a wide-angle lens
to heighten a location's salient features, and he fearlessly scaled rooftops to achieve the
optimum vantage point. Occasionally, he placed both his camera and lights underneath furniture.
Parker's black-and-white outdoor work relied on stark shadows and high contrast to emphasize a
garden's structure, form, and texture. He rarely created test shots, and often completed shoots
with limited amounts of film. Parker routinely sent images from one assignment to multiple
publications to maximize his output. He developed a photographic inventory of celebrity
residences that he could market to magazines if commissions slowed down. He also planned family
vacations to the East Coast, photographing the work of various architects and designers as he
crossed the country. Parker's relationships and entrepreneurial efforts helped him build a
client base that included hundreds of architects, designers, builders, design studios, retail
furnishings businesses, and shelter magazines.

Parker undertook much of his
House Beautiful work on extensive
trips on both the East and West coasts. Accompanied by Joseph Howland, the magazine's garden
editor from 1948 to 1956, the two followed Elizabeth Gordon's mandate to capture "beautiful
gardens maintained by a family." As a consequence, Parker visually documented gardens by some of
the nation's premiere landscape designers of the era.

Among the architects, designers, and builders with whom Parker worked extensively were his
friend and pioneering modernist architect Harwell Hamilton Harris; James E. Dolena, one of the
foremost architects working in the Hollywood Regency style; Cliff May, the popularizer of the
modern California ranch house and a close personal friend; Pasadena-based architect Wallace
Neff; Robert Stanton, a Carmel-based architect and close personal friend; Paul R. Williams, a
Los Angeles-based African-American architect; Frank Lloyd Wright, to whom Parker was introduced
by Elizabeth Gordon; landscape architects Tommy Church and Arthur and Marie Berger; developers
Ross W. Cortese and Joseph Eichler; furniture and interior designers Paul Frankl, Paul László,
Shirley Ritts of Ritts Co., and T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings; Robert D. Harrell, Texas-based interior
designer; and Barbara Barondess MacLean, actress turned interior designer. The retail businesses
that Parker counted among his more important clients included Barker Bros., Cannell &
Chaffin, W. & J. Sloane, C. W. Stockwell Co., O. M. Scott & Sons, and Albert van Luit
& Company. Print clients included
Architectural Digest, Better Homes
and Gardens, Good Housekeeping, House Beautiful
, the
Los Angeles
Times
, and
Sunset, among others. Parker also established
relationships with contributors to these, and other, publications including writers Louise Price
Bell, Martha B. Darbyshire, Frances Heard, Pauline Graves, Ethel McCall Head, Ellen Sheridan,
and Fleeta Woodroffe. Many of the editors at
House Beautiful also
became close friends of Parker's. Foremost among these was Joseph Howland, garden editor;
Virginia Stanton, party editor and wife of architect Robert Stanton; and Jean Murray Bangs,
contributing editor and wife of Harwell Hamilton Harris.

Parker continued his work as a professional photographer into the late 1960s. He died in Los
Angeles in 1976.

Scope and Contents

Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 58,093
black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39
presentation albums (spiral bound and mounted books of photographs created for clients); and 17
boxes of office records, dated 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive
documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape
architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields,
foremost among them the magazine
House Beautiful. Also included in
the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architects Frank L. Anderson
and Cliff May, and photographers André Kertész, Fred R. Dapprich, and Parker's assistant,
Charles E. Yerkes.

Parker's documentation of the work of architects and interior designers is extensive, and
provides a comprehensive overview of the projects of many nationally-recognized figures as well
as many lesser known firms and individuals, especially those working in and around California,
Arizona, and Texas. See Architect/Designer/Builder Index for a complete list of individuals and
firms represented in the archive.

Parker's commissions for
House Beautiful are well documented in
the archive. Included is a comprehensive overview of the work of architects, landscape
architects, and interior designers covered by, and promoted in, the magazine. Also included are
examples of party and holiday decorations, decorative accessories, and housewares in domestic
settings. Parker's non-residential work for the magazine documents home and garden exhibitions,
hotels, and furniture in showrooms. Primary among these projects is the extensive documentation
of the Arts of Daily Living Exhibition held at the 1954 Los Angeles County Fair. Parker also
extensively documented
House Beautiful's annual Pace Setter House
series, residential work for a number of the magazine's editors and contributing staff, and
residences across the country and in Mexico.

Parker's projects created outside the scope of his
House
Beautiful
commissions document both residential and non-residential work created for
specific clients. See Client Index for a complete list of names and project numbers. Many
projects do not have readily identifiable clients. These include the homes of many entertainers,
movie directors, businessmen, writers and journalists, as well as model homes and housing
developments including La Veta Woods in Orange, CA; a Kaiser Community Homes development;
Lakewood Plaza in Long Beach, CA; Marlow-Burns & Company developments; and Olivewood Housing
Project in National City, CA; as well as commercial buildings (retail and office spaces),
hotels, restaurants, military bases, furniture showrooms, wallpaper, and jewelry.

Geographically, Parker's photography covers much of the continental United States, Hawaii, and
parts of Mexico and Canada. It is especially strong in depictions of residential and
non-residential projects in California (specifically the greater Los Angeles area), Arizona
(especially Phoenix and Tucson), and Texas, but also includes projects in at least 28 other
states.

Parker's office records consist of correspondence, notes, tear sheets, printed ephemera, logs,
date books, and financial records created and received by Parker, Charles E. Yerkes, his
photographic assistant, and Annie Parker, his wife and office assistant. These records describe
the day-to-day business operations of Parker's photographic studio. The correspondence,
primarily business in nature, consists of requests for commissions, instructions to Parker from
clients, and other information about assignments. One significant aspect of these records is a
folder of letters addressed to Parker from
House Beautiful editor
Elizabeth Gordon, dated 1942-1944, which details their business relationship and working
methods.

Organization

The collection is organized into six series:

Series I. Architects and Designers

Series II.
House Beautiful:

Subseries II.1. Architects and Designers

Subseries II.2. Residential Projects

Subseries II.3. Pace Setter Houses

Subseries II.4. Non-residential Projects

Subseries II.5. Editorial and Staff Assignments

Subseries II.6. Projects by Location

Series III. Residential Projects:

Subseries III.1. Residential Projects by Client

Subseries III.2. Residential Projects by Project Title

Series IV. Non-residential Projects:

Subseries IV.1. Non-residential Projects by Client

Subseries IV.2. Non-residential Projects by Project Title

Series V. Personal Photographs

Series VI. Office Records

Related Material

Additional photography by Maynard L. Parker can be found in the following related collections
at the Huntington Library:

Identifier/Call Number: archNeff

Title:Wallace Neff Architectural Collection

Identifier/Call Number: photCL 211

Title:Architecture of Wallace Neff

Identifier/Call Number: photCL 450

Title:Wallace Neff Family Collection

Identifier/Call Number: archDolena

Title:James Dolena Architectural Collection

Identifier/Call Number: photCL 310

Title:Eugene Swarzwald
Pictorial California and the Pacific
Collection of Photographs

Index Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.

Persons:

Anderson, Frank L.

Baylis, Douglas, 1915-1971.

Beelman, Claude, 1883-1963.

Brown, Arthur T.

Brown, Bob.

Byers, John, 1875-1966.

Cannon, Georgius Y., 1892-1987.

Choate, Chris, 1908-1981.

Church, Thomas Dolliver.

Clements, Stiles Oliver, 1883-1966.

Coate, Roland E.

Colcord, Gerard Rae, 1900-1984.

Cortese, Ross W., 1916-1991.

Dailey, Gardner A., 1895-1967.

Dapprich, Fred R.

Dolena, James E., 1888-1978.

Douglas, Tom.

Draper, Dorothy, 1889-1969.

Eckbo, Garrett.

Eggers, Henry, 1911-1987.

Erb, George, A.I.D.

Fickett, Edward H., 1916-1999.

Ford, O’Neil, 1905-1982.

Forsythe, Anthony.

Frankl, Paul T. (Paul Theodore), b.
1886.

Gerke, Florence Holmes, 1896-1964.

Gilman, Alfred T., 1902-1984.

Gordon, Elizabeth, 1906-2000.

Granard, Paul, 1903-1980.

Green, Aaron G.

Gregory, Julius, 1875-1955.

Grieve, Harold.

Hahn, C. Jacques.

Hamilton, Tom, A.I.D.

Harrell, Robert D.

Harris, Harwell Hamilton, 1903-

Heaton, Culver, 1912-1992.

Heitschmidt, Earl T., 1894-1972.

Hill, John deKoven, d. 1996.

Huntsman-Trout, Edward, 1889-1974.

Jones, Euine Fay, 1921-

Jones, A. Quincy (Archie Quincy),
1913-1979.

Kaufmann, Gordon B.

Kelley, H. Roy (Harold Roy,) b. 1892.

Kertész, André.

László, Paul.

Luccareni, John.

MacLean, Barbara Barondess.

Martin, Albert C., 1879-1960.

Marx, Samuel A., 1885-1964.

Mason, E. Gilbert.

May, Cliff.

McPherson, Elizabeth.

Montooth, Charles.

Morse, Richard A.

Mosher, Robert, 1920-

Neff, Wallace, 1895-1982.

Pahlmann, William C., 1900-1987.

Pereira, William L., 1909-1985.

Rasbach, Roger.

Robsjohn-Gibbings, Terence Harold, b.
1905.

Schmidlin, Emil A. d. 1988.

Schutt, Burton.

Scott, H. Denman, 1904-1948.

Siple, Allen G., 1901-1973.

Stanton, Robert, 1901-1983.

Stedman, Morgan, 1905-1978.

Stone, Edward Durell.

Taylor, Michael, 1927-1986.

Wadsworth, Edwin A., 1908 or 9-1999.

Williams, Paul R., 1894-1980.

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.

Yeon, John.

Yerkes, Charles E.

Organizations:

Albert Van Luit & Company.

Allison and Rible, Architects.

Anshen & Allen.

Arthur S. Berger Landscape Architect
(Firm).

Austin Company.

Barker Bros.

Bullock’s (Department store).

C. W. Stockwell Co.

Cannell & Chaffin.

Greene & Greene.

Greene & Hinkle (Firm).

Hunt and Chambers, Architects.

Lescher and Mahoney.

MacKie and Kamrath.

Mosher and Drew, Architects.

Mott Studios.

O. M. Scott & Sons.

Osmundson & Staley.

Richard Whiteman Advertising.

Ritts Co.

Southern California Gas Company.

W. & J. Sloane.

Wurdeman and Becket.

Subjects:

Advertising--Photographs.

Air conditioning--Photographs.

Airplanes--Photographs.

Airport buildings--Photographs.

Altars--Photographs.

Animals--Photographs.

Apartment houses--Photographs.

Archery--Equipment and
supplies--Photographs.

Archery--Photographs.

Architectural Digest.

Architectural drawing--Photographs.

Architectural models--Photographs.

Architecture--Details--Photographs.

Architecture, Domestic--Photographs.

Architecture, Modern--20th
century--Photographs.

Arenas--Photographs.

Auditoriums--Photographs.

Automobile racing--Photographs.

Automobiles--Photographs.

Ballrooms--Photographs.

Banquet halls--Photographs.

Barbecue grills--Photographs.

Bathrooms--Photographs.

Bedrooms--Photographs.

Better Homes and Gardens.

Boats and boating--Photographs.

Casinos--Photographs.

Caterers and catering--Photographs.

Cemeteries--Photographs.

Children--Photographs.

Children's rooms--Photographs.

Choral singing--Photographs.

Christmas decorations--Photographs.

Church buildings--Photographs.

Church vestments--Photographs.

Cigar industry--Photographs.

Citrus--Photographs.

Classes (Groups of students)--Photographs.

Clergy--Photographs.

Clouds--Photographs.

Clubhouses--Photographs.

Coasts--Photographs.

Commencement ceremonies--Photographs.

Commercial buildings--Photographs.

Computers--Photographs.

Cookery--Equipment and
supplies--Photographs.

Cookery--Photographs.

Convention facilities--Photographs.

Courthouses--Photographs.

Dams--Photographs.

Decorative arts--Photographs.

Dens--Photographs.

Deserts--Arizona--Photographs.

Deserts--California--Photographs.

Deserts--Nevada--Photographs.

Dining rooms--Photographs.

Dinners and dining--Photographs.

Display of merchandise--Photographs.

Door knockers--Photographs.

Draperies--Photographs.

Dwellings--Maintenance and
repair--Photographs.

Eating & drinking
facilities--Photographs.

Engineering--Photographs.

Entertaining--Photographs.

Exhibition buildings--Photographs.

Exhibitions--Equipment and
supplies--Photographs.

Exhibitions--Photographs.

Fire stations--Photographs.

Flooring--Photographs.

Flowers--Photographs.

Follies (Architecture)--Photographs.

Food--Photographs.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Photographs.

Furniture--Photographs.

Furniture making--Photographs.

Garden ornaments and
furniture--Photographs.

Garden structures--Photographs.

Gardening--Equipment and
supplies--Photographs.

Gardens--Photographs.

Gates--Photographs.

Gift baskets--Photographs.

Gift wrapping--Photographs.

Gifts--Photographs.

Glassware--Photographs.

Golf courses--Photographs.

Good Housekeeping.

Handicraft--Photographs.

Hardware--Photographs.

Health resorts--Photographs.

Historic buildings--Photographs.

Historic sites--Photographs.

Hobbies--Equipment and
supplies--Photographs.

Holiday decorations--Photographs.

Home economics--Equipment and
supplies--Photographs.

Home gyms--Photographs.

Home theaters--Photographs.

Hospitals--Photographs.

Hotels--Photographs.

House & Garden.House beautiful.

House furnishings--Photographs.

Household electronics--Photographs.

Icons--Photographs.

Indigenous peoples--Photographs.

Indoor gardening--Photographs.

Industrial buildings--Photographs.

Interior decoration--Photographs.

Invitation cards--Photographs.

Jewelry--Photographs.

Kitchens--Photographs.

Laboratories--Photographs.

Landscape architecture--Photographs.

Landscape--Photographs.

Laundry--Equipment and
supplies--Photographs.

Lawns--Equipment and
supplies--Photographs.

Lawns--Photographs.

Libraries--Photographs.

Lighting--Photographs.

Living rooms--Photographs.

Lobbies (Rooms)--Photographs.

Lounges--Photographs.

Machinery--Photographs.

Mailboxes--Photographs.

Medical care--Photographs.

Medical instruments and
apparatus--Photographs.

Military bases--Photographs.

Models (Persons)--Photographs.

Motion pictures--Setting and
scenery--Photographs.

Motor homes--Photographs.

Mountains--Photographs.

Municipal buildings--Photographs.

Music rooms and equipment--Photographs.

Musical instruments--Photographs.

National parks and reserves--Photographs.

Office furniture--Photographs.

Offices--Photographs.

Ornamental plant industry--Photographs.

Outdoor furniture--Photographs.

Outdoor living spaces--Photographs.

Paintings--Photographs.

Parking facilities--Photographs.

Parks--Photographs.

Parties--Photographs.

Party decorations--Photographs.

Photography--Equipment and
supplies--Photographs.

Plants--Photographs.

Playgrounds--Photographs.

Power tools--Photographs.

Private libraries--Photographs.

Private planes--Photographs.

Public buildings--Photographs.

Radio broadcasting--Photographs.

Radio stations--Photographs.

Railroads--Models--Photographs.

Rainbow--Photographs.

Ranches--Photographs.

Reading rooms--Photographs.

Recreation centers--Photographs.

Recreation--Equipment and
supplies--Photographs.

Recreation---Photographs.

Resort architecture--Photographs.

Safes--Photographs.

School buildings--Photographs.

Screens--Photographs.

Sculpture--Photographs.

Showrooms--Photographs.

Signs and signboards--Photographs.

Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and
supplies--Photographs.

Sports tournaments--Photographs.

Stables--Photographs.

Stonemasonry--Photographs.

Storage in the home--Photographs.

Streets--Photographs.

Studies (Rooms)--Photographs.

Sunspaces--Photographs.

Supermarkets-Photographs.

Surgery--Photographs.

Swimming pools--Photographs.

Tableware--Photographs.

Television--Stage-setting and
scenery--Photographs.

Temples, Buddhist--Photographs.

Theaters--Photographs.

Tourism--Photographs.

Trees--Photographs.

Utility rooms--Photographs.

Wallpaper--Photographs.

Water towers--Photographs.

Weaving--Photographs.

Weddings--Photographs.

Wine cellars--Photographs.

Places:

Akron (Ohio)--Photographs.

Alexandria (Va.)--Photographs.

Alhambra (Calif.)--Photographs.

Allentown (Pa.)--Photographs.

Altadena (Calif.)--Photographs.

Anaheim (Calif.)--Photographs.

Anchorage (Alaska)--Photographs.

Apple Valley (Calif.)--Photographs.

Aptos (Calif.)--Photographs.

Arcadia (Calif.)--Photographs.

Arlington (Va.)--Photographs.

Atherton (Calif.)--Photographs.

Austin (Tex.)--Photographs.

Azusa (Calif.)--Photographs.

Bainbridge Island (Wash.)--Photographs.

Balboa Island (Calif.)--Photographs.

Baltimore (Md.)--Photographs.

Bar Harbor (Me.)--Photographs.

Bartlesville (Okla.)--Photographs.

Bel Air (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Belvedere (Calif.)--Photographs.

Bentonville (Ark.)--Photographs.

Berkeley (Calif.)--Photographs.

Beverly Hills (Calif.)--Photographs.

Big Sandy (Tex.)--Photographs.

Big Sur (Calif.)--Photographs.

Bisbee (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Blackwell (Okla.)--Photographs.

Borrego Springs (Calif.)--Photographs.

Boston (Mass.)--Photographs.

Brawley (Calif.)--Photographs.

Brea (Calif.)--Photographs.

Brentwood (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Brockway (N.B.)--Photographs.

Bronxville (N.Y.)--Photographs.

Buena Park (Calif.)--Photographs.

Burbank (Los Angeles County,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Burlingame (Calif.)--Photographs.

Calabasas (Calif.)--Photographs.

Camarillo (Calif.)--Photographs.

Camp Pendleton (Calif.)--Photographs.

Capistrano Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.

Carlsbad (Calif.)--Photographs.

Carmel (Calif.)--Photographs.

Carpinteria (Calif.)--Photographs.

Castroville (Calif.)--Photographs.

Chatsworth (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Chesterfield (Mo.)--Photographs.

Cheviot Hills (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Chicago (Ill.)--Photographs.

Chico (Calif.)--Photographs.

Chino (Calif.)--Photographs.

Cimarron (N.M.)--Photographs.

Cincinnati (Ohio)--Photographs.

Claremont (Calif.)--Photographs.

Clayton (Mo.)--Photographs.

Cleveland (Ohio)--Photographs.

Coalinga (Calif.)--Photographs.

College Station (Tex.)--Photographs.

Colorado Springs (Colo.)--Photographs.

Colton (Calif.)--Photographs.

Commerce (Calif.)--Photographs.

Compton (Calif.)--Photographs.

Corona (Calif.)--Photographs.

Corona del Mar (Newport Beach,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Costa Mesa (Calif.)--Photographs.

Cuernavaca (Mexico)--Photographs.

Culver City (Calif.)--Photographs.

Cupertino (Calif.)--Photographs.

Dallas (Tex.)--Photographs.

Dalton (Pa.)--Photographs.

Daly City (Calif.)--Photographs.

Danville (Calif.)--Photographs.

Darien (Conn.)--Photographs.

Dayton (Ohio)--Photographs.

Death Valley (Calif. and
Nev.)--Photographs.

Decatur (Ill.)--Photographs.

Denver (Colo.)--Photographs.

Desert Hot Springs
(Calif.)--Photographs.

Detroit (Mich.)--Photographs.

Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.)--Photographs.

Douglas (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Duarte (Calif.)--Photographs.

Dublin (Calif.)--Photographs.

El Cajon (Calif.)--Photographs.

El Centro (Calif.)--Photographs.

El Paso (Tex.)--Photographs.

Encino (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Enid (Okla.)--Photographs.

Estes Park (Colo.)--Photographs.

Evergreen (Colo.)--Photographs.

Fayetteville (Ark.)--Photographs.

Fillmore (Calif.)--Photographs.

Findlay (Ohio)--Photographs.

Flintridge (Calif.)--Photographs.

Florence (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)--Photographs.

Fort Smith (Ark.)--Photographs.

Fort Wayne (Ind.)--Photographs.

Fort Worth (Tex.)--Photographs.

Fresno (Calif.)--Photographs.

Galesburg (Ill.)--Photographs.

Garden Grove (Calif.)--Photographs.

Germantown (Montgomery County,
Md.)--Photographs.

Gladewater (Tex.)--Photographs.

Glencoe (Ill.)--Photographs.

Glendale (Calif.)--Photographs.

Glendora (Calif.)--Photographs.

Golden (Colo.)--Photographs.

Golden Beach (Fla.)--Photographs.

Goleta (Calif.)--Photographs.

Grand Rapids (Mich.)--Photographs.

Great Britain--Photographs.

Griffith Park (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Grosse Pointe (Mich.)--Photographs.

Hacienda Heights (Calif.)--Photographs.

Hampton (N.H.)--Photographs.

Hana (Hawaii)--Photographs.

Hermosa Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.

Hidden Valley (Ventura County,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Highland Park (Ill.)--Photographs.

Hillsborough (Calif.)--Photographs.

Hillside (Yavapai County,
Ariz.)--Photographs.

Hingham (Mass.)--Photographs.

Holland (Mich.)--Photographs.

Holmby Hills (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Honolulu (Hawaii)--Photographs.

Houston (Tex.)--Photographs.

Huntington Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.

Huntington Park (Calif.)--Photographs.

Indianapolis (Ind.)--Photographs.

Indio (Calif.)--Photographs.

Inglewood (Calif.)--Photographs.

Ira (Ohio)--Photographs.

Irvine (Calif.)--Photographs.

Kansas City (Mo.)--Photographs.

Keene (Calif.)--Photographs.

Kelseyville (Calif.)--Photographs.

Kenilworth (Ill.)--Photographs.

Kent (Culbertson County,
Tex.)--Photographs.

Kent Woodlands (Marin County,
Calif.)--Photographs.

King City (Calif.)--Photographs.

Kirkland Junction (Yavapai County,
Calif.)--Photographs.

La Canada Flintridge
(Calif.)--Photographs.

La Habra (Calif.)--Photographs.

La Jolla (San Diego,
Calif.)--Photographs.

La Mesa (Calif.)--Photographs.

Lafayette (Calif.)--Photographs.

Laguna Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.

Laguna Niguel (Calif.)--Photographs.

Laguna Woods (Calif.)--Photographs.

Lake Arrowhead (Calif.)--Photographs.

Lake Forest (Ill.)--Photographs.

Lake Wales (Fla.)--Photographs.

Lakewood (Calif.)--Photographs.

Lancaster (Calif.)--Photographs.

Las Vegas (Nev.)--Photographs.

Leisure World (Calif.)--Photographs.

Levittown (N.Y.)--Photographs.

Lewisville (Tex.)--Photographs.

Libertyville (Ill.)--Photographs.

Lincoln (Neb.)--Photographs.

Litchfield Park (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Littleton (Colo.)--Photographs.

Loma Linda (Calif.)--Photographs.

Long Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.

Longview (Tex.)--Photographs.

Los Altos (Calif.)--Photographs.

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Photographs.

Lubbock (Tex.)--Photographs.

Macon (Ga.)--Photographs.

Malibu (Calif.)--Photographs.

Mandeville Canyon (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Marina del Rey (Calif.)--Photographs.

Mariposa (Calif.)--Photographs.

Menlo Park (Calif.)--Photographs.

Merced (Calif.)--Photographs.

Mercedes (Tex.)--Photographs.

Mercer Island (Wash.)--Photographs.

Miami Beach (Fla.)--Photographs.

Midland (Mich.)--Photographs.

Midland (Riverside County,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Midland (Tex.)--Photographs.

Mill Valley (Calif.)--Photographs.

Modesto (Calif.)--Photographs.

Monrovia (Calif.)--Photographs.

Montecito (Calif.)--Photographs.

Monterey (Calif.)--Photographs.

Monterey Peninsula
(Calif.)--Photographs.

Monterrey (Mexico)--Photographs.

Montrose (Calif.)--Photographs.

Mountville (Frederick County,
Md.)--Photographs.

Mount Horeb (Wis.)--Photographs.

Mugu, Point (Calif.)--Photographs.

Murrieta Hot Springs
(Calif.)--Photographs.

Nantucket (Mass.)--Photographs.

Napa (Calif.)--Photographs.

National City (Calif.)--Photographs.

New Canaan (Conn.)--Photographs.

New York (N.Y.)--Photographs.

Newhall (Calif.)--Photographs.

Newport Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.

Newton (Mass.)--Photographs.

Niles (Ill.)--Photographs.

Nogales (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Norden (Calif.)--Photographs.

Norman (Okla.)--Photographs.

North Hollywood (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Northridge (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Northville (Conn.)--Photographs.

Oak Park (Ill.)--Photographs.

Oakland (Calif.)--Photographs.

Odessa (Tex.)--Photographs.

Ogden (Utah)--Photographs.

Ojai (Calif.)--Photographs.

Oklahoma City (Okla.)--Photographs.

Old Lyme (Conn.)--Photographs.

Olmos Park (Tex.)--Photographs.

Omaha (Neb.)--Photographs.

Onaway (Mich.)--Photographs.

Ontario (Calif.)--Photographs.

Orange (Calif.)--Photographs.

Orange (N.J.)--Photographs.

Oro Valley (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Oxnard (Calif.)--Photographs.

Pacoima (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Pala (Calif.)--Photographs.

Palm Desert (Calif.)--Photographs.

Palm Springs (Calif.)--Photographs.

Palo Alto (Calif.)--Photographs.

Palos Verdes Estates
(Calif.)--Photographs.

Paradise Valley (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Park La Brea (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Pasadena (Calif.)--Photographs.

Paso Robles (Calif.)--Photographs.

Pauls Valley (Okla.)--Photographs.

Peachtree Valley (Monterey County,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Pebble Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.

Peoria (Ill.)--Photographs.

Petaluma (Calif.)--Photographs.

Phoenix (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Piedmont (Calif.)--Photographs.

Pine Bluff (Ark.)--Photographs.

Pismo Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.

Plaster City (Imperial County,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Point Loma (San Diego,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Pomona (Calif.)--Photographs.

Port Angeles (Wash.)--Photographs.

Portland (Or.)--Photographs.

Portola Valley (Calif.)--Photographs.

Prairie Grove (Ark.)--Photographs.

Prescott (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Provo (Utah)--Photographs.

Puente de Ixtla (Mexico)--Photographs.

Quincy (Ill.)--Photographs.

Rancho Palos Verdes
(Calif.)--Photographs.

Rancho Santa Fe (Calif.)--Photographs.

Red Bluff (Calif.)--Photographs.

Redlands (Calif.)--Photographs.

Redmond (Or.)--Photographs.

Redondo Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.

Redwood City (Calif.)--Photographs.

Ridgewood (N.J.)--Photographs.

Rimrock (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Riverside (Calif.)--Photographs.

Riverside (Ill.)--Photographs.

Riviera Ranch (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Rochester (Mich.)--Photographs.

Rockford (Ill.)--Photographs.

Rockport (Tex.)--Photographs.

Rolling Hills (Calif.)--Photographs.

Rolling Hills Estates
(Calif.)--Photographs.

Ross (Calif.)--Photographs.

Royal Oaks (Calif.)--Photographs.

Rye (N.Y.)--Photographs.

Sacramento (Calif.)--Photographs.

Saint Louis (Mo.)--Photographs.

Salinas (Calif.)--Photographs.

Salt Lake City (Utah)--Photographs.

San Antonio (Tex.)--Photographs.

San Bernardino (Calif.)--Photographs.

San Bruno (Calif.)--Photographs.

San Diego (Calif.)--Photographs.

San Fernando (Calif.)--Photographs.

San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs.

San Gabriel (Calif.)--Photographs.

San Jose (Calif.)--Photographs.

San Juan Capistrano
(Calif.)--Photographs.

San Luis Obispo (Calif.)--Photographs.

San Marino (Calif.)--Photographs.

San Mateo (Calif.)--Photographs.

San Miguel de Allende
(Mexico)--Photographs.

San Miguel Regla (Mexico)--Photographs.

San Pedro (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

San Rafael (Calif.)--Photographs.

San Simeon (Calif.)--Photographs.

Santa Ana (Calif.)--Photographs.

Santa Anita (Calif.)--Photographs.

Santa Barbara (Calif.)--Photographs.

Santa Catalina Island
(Calif.)--Photographs.

Santa Cruz (Calif.)--Photographs.

Santa Fe (N.M.)--Photographs.

Santa Maria (Calif.)--Photographs.

Santa Monica (Calif.)--Photographs.

Santa Paula (Calif.)--Photographs.

Santa Ynez (Calif.)--Photographs.

Saratoga (Calif.)--Photographs.

Sausalito (Calif.)--Photographs.

Scarsdale (N.Y.)--Photographs.

Scottsdale (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Seal Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.

Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs.

Selma (Calif.)--Photographs.

Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Short Hills (N.J.)--Photographs.

Simi Valley (Calif.)--Photographs.

Skull Valley (Yavapai County,
Ariz.)--Photographs.

Sonoma (Calif.)--Photographs.

South Bend (Ind.)--Photographs.

South Orange (N.J.)--Photographs.

South Pasadena (Calif.)--Photographs.

Spring Green (Wis.)--Photographs.

Spring Lake (Mich.)--Photographs.

Springfield (Ill.)--Photographs.

Stanford (Calif.)--Photographs.

Stinson Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.

Studio City (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Sun Valley (Idaho)--Photographs.

Tacoma (Wash.)--Photographs.

Taos (N.M.)--Photographs.

Tarzana (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Taxco de Alarcon (Mexico)--Photographs.

Tempe (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Temple City (Calif.)--Photographs.

Terrell Hills (Tex.)--Photographs.

Thousand Oaks (Calif.)--Photographs.

Toluca Lake (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Torrance (Calif.)--Photographs.

Tucson (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Tujunga (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Tulsa (Okla.)--Photographs.

Tustin (Calif.)--Photographs.

Valley Center (Calif.)--Photographs.

Van Nuys (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Vancouver (Wash.)--Photographs.

Ventura (Calif.)--Photographs.

Vernon (Tex.)--Photographs.

Victoria (B.C.)--Photographs.

Visalia (Calif.)--Photographs.

Vista (Calif.)--Photographs.

Waco (Tex.)--Photographs.

Walnut (Calif.)--Photographs.

Walnut Creek (Calif.)--Photographs.

Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.

Watsonville (Calif.)--Photographs.

Weatherford (Tex.)--Photographs.

Weldon (Kern County,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Weslaco (Tex.)--Photographs.

West Covina (Calif.)--Photographs.

West Hollywood (Calif.)--Photographs.

West Nyack (N.Y.)--Photographs.

Westchester (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Westlake Village (Calif.)--Photographs.

Westminster (Calif.)--Photographs.

Westover Hills (Tex.)--Photographs.

Westwood (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Whitingham (Vt.)--Photographs.

Whittier (Calif.)--Photographs.

Wichita (Kan.)--Photographs.

Wichita Falls (Tex.)--Photographs.

Wickenburg (Ariz.)--Photographs.

Williamsville (N.Y.)--Photographs.

Wilmington (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Winnetka (Ill.)--Photographs.

Woodland Hills (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.

Woodside (Calif.)--Photographs.

Yamhill (Or.)--Photographs.

Yukon (Okla.)--Photographs.

Document Types:

Appointment books.

Black-and-white negatives.

Black-and-white photographs.

Brochures.

Cards.

Cartes-de-visite.

Clippings.

Color negatives.

Color transparencies.

Forms.

Interpositives.

Inventories.

Invoices.

Lantern slides.

Ledgers.

Letters.

Mock-ups.

Notes.

Photocopies.

Portraits.

Presentation albums.

Press releases.

Price lists.

Receipts.

Snapshots.

Stationery.

Stats.

Tear sheets.

Telegrams.

Restrictions on Access

Access is granted to qualified researchers and by appointment.

Publication Rights

Copyright for the photography of Maynard L. Parker has been assigned to the Huntington
Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. All requests for permission to publish
photographs in any and all formats must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Photographs.

Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs and other material was processed in two stages:
1995-2007 and 2007-2009. From 1995-2007, Huntington Library staff and volunteers rehoused
approximately 13,000 negatives. Parker organized his images alphabetically by client or project
title in two concurrent files based on date. He also established a file for some, but not all,
of his
House Beautiful commissions. Thus, there were three distinct
alphabetical series of negatives when processing began in earnest in 2007. A National Endowment
for the Humanities "We the People" grant enabled the systematic rehousing, organization and
description of the archive by a team of two archivists and an archival assistant. All but the
immediately identifiable
House Beautiful projects were merged into
one alphabetical series before being re-divided according to the five series established by the
project team in 2007 (see Organization).

Archivists created the series arrangement based on both the original order of the collection
and a desire to facilitate access. A significant percentage of the collection included
documented work by identified (and identifiable) designers, and the project archivists created a
series dedicated to architects and designers (Series I). A
House
Beautiful
series was necessitated by Parker's identification and filing of projects
created for the magazine (Series II).
House Beautiful subseries
devoted to architects and designers, residential, and non-residential projects mimics the
arrangement of the rest of the collection. The additional two subseries (Locations; Editorial
and Staff Assignments) were created to reflect the large number of projects categorized by
geographic location or
House Beautiful editorial staff. The
remainder of the collection fell into two series, residential and non-residential projects
(Series III and IV), and were further divided into the subseries of client and project title.
The collection also contained what were easily identified as "personal" photographs (Series V)
and Parker's business records (Series VI).

Parker's labeling system was inconsistent. Negative envelopes or boxes were sometimes labeled
with detailed information (homeowner, location, client, date, architect/designer) but more often
just with initials or a name. The project team researched the identities, locations, and
designers of projects wherever possible. If a designer could be determined, the project was
filed in the appropriate Architects and Designers series. All project information is included in
the associated database record. Parker tended to house and file color transparencies separately
from the corresponding black-and-white negatives. To facilitate access, these relationships have
been restored when possible.

With the exception of the
House Beautiful series, projects are
usually filed according to the main entry on Parker's envelopes, either by project title or
client. In cases where the main entry provided no significant information about the project, an
alternate entry, if present, was used. For example, a number of projects that appear to have
been taken for
Better Homes and Gardens were filed by Parker under
the homeowner's name, but it was decided to file them under
Better Homes
and Gardens
. If the main entry provided no information, archivists supplied a title,
which is indicated by the use of square brackets ([]) in the project title.

Parker often undertook jobs that involved photographing more than one location, capturing
multiple residences, gardens, etc., in one trip. Parker often housed these assignments together
in one envelope, and each individual shoot was identified. These multiple projects have been
given separate entries in the finding aid and the assocated Filemaker Pro database, but linked
together through the use of a single project number.

Sue Luftschein organized and described the non-residential, architect and designer, and
residential projects, and business records, and wrote much of the front matter of this finding
aid; Jessica Gambling organized and described the
House Beautiful
projects; Alfredo Lafarga rehoused and researched a portion of the architect and designer,
residential, and non-residential projects; and Suzanne Oatey contributed to the rehousing of
some of Parker's early, non-residential commissions, as well as conducted research on some of
Parker's print clients.

The scanning of 5000 images in the collection was conducted by Jennifer Sullivan between
September 2008 and April 2009. A team of consultants selected items for scanning, applying
standards and guidelines in use across the visual resources, archival, and library professions.
These include rareness/uniqueness, coverage of subject matter, information on subjects that are
poorly documented elsewhere, potential demand, and access to materials that cannot otherwise be
easily used. Technical standards were applied to the creation of digital files according to
California Digital Library guidelines.

The archive includes 11 boxes (7.1 linear feet) of negatives that have deteriorated; 3 of
these boxes contain negatives that have deteriorated beyond the point of use. If more than two
color transparencies of an image were discovered, the remainder were weeded and destroyed (a
total of 1,554 transparencies). Preservation photocopying was performed on original envelopes,
telegrams, newspaper clippings, and presentation albums.

Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements

Black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, and color negatives have been placed in cold
storage for preservation. Arrangements for access to these materials must be made in advance
with the Curator of Photographs. Surrogates for many images exist in the form of digital scans
and black-and-white prints; many images also exist in published form (see individual project
records in the database for bibliographic information). Presentation albums are fragile; please
refer to photocopied surrogates. In general, Ektachrome color transparencies have color-shifted
to magenta, and Kodachrome color transparencies have remained stable.

Architect/Designer/Builder Index

The following is a complete list of architects, designers, and builders represented in the
collection. The numbers to the right of each name are the projects associated with that
individual or firm.

These images are arranged alphabetically by designer and then by project title. Generally,
when both an architect and an interior designer are identified, the project is filed by
architect. Projects in which there are multiple shoots have been given a single project
number; the title of the first shoot was used to determine the alphabetical order within that
project number.

Scope and Contents

The Architects and Designers series consist of 18,746 black-and-white negatives, color
transparencies, black-and-white prints; and 22 presentation albums, circa 1938-circa 1973 and
undated, created primarily by Maynard Parker to document the residential and non-residential
work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, builders, real estate
developers, and artists. This series also includes photographs taken by architects with whom
Parker worked, including Frank L. Anderson and Cliff May, and a few examples of work by other
photographers, including André Kertész, Fred R. Dapprich, and Parker's assistant, Charles E.
Yerkes.

Ackerschott, Theo, Interior Designer.

Elster residence, North Hollywood, CA,
undated

Box 1, Items 0001 (001-008)

Black-and-white negatives.

Box 148, Items 0001 (009-010)

Color transparencies.

Box 220, Items 0001 (011)

Black-and-white negatives.

Technical Details

[Deteriorating. Unavailable for paging.]

Peck, Gregory, residence, Beverly Hills, CA,
undated

Box 1, Items 0002 (001-004)

Black-and-white negatives.

Willis, Matt, residence, Tarzana, CA,
undated

Box 1, Items 0002.1 (001-007)

Black-and-white negatives.

Adams, Reginald, Interior Designer.

Simi Valley Models, Simi Valley, CA,
1965 March

Box 1, Items 0003 (001-006)

Black-and-white negatives.

Adcock, Gene, Interior Designer.

Armstrong show at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles,
CA
,
1963 June